I lived at 130th Torrence ave. can you believe it......................South chicago................... steel mill area. yes a larg croatian community settled there including MY ellis island relatives SERTIC. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug H. Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 3:41 PM To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CROATIA-L] Torrence Ave., S. Chicago In studying the Ellis Island manifests I frequently find passengers from the Perusic area giving 10702 or 10718 or nearby addresses on Torrence Ave. in S. Chicago as their distination upon arrival. Can anyone tell me something about this? I am guessing that is was a Croatian community and these were boarding houses. Maybe even owned or operated by the stock yards or mines that were encouraging the immigration. Doug